两种酶途径在N-Nitroso生物合成中将l-氨酸与氧化联系起来
Hai-Yan He1, Alyssa C Henderson1, Yi-Ling Du2
1Department of Chemistry , University of British Columbia , Vancouver , Canada.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 15, 2019
概括
科学家发现了一种新的氧化物 (NO) 生产途径, 这项研究揭示了参与NO生成和N-nitroso化合物形成的新酶.
科学领域:
- 生物化学
- 自然产品生物合成
- 酵素学
背景情况:
- 氧化 (NO) 具有多种生物作用,但其在化学多样性产生中的作用不太清楚.
- 酸化合物是一种具有重要的生物影响的分子.
研究的目的:
- 阐明N-素化合物的生物合成途径.
- 确定N-基组的来源以及该途径中NO的形成机制.
主要方法:
- 识别了链素生物合成基因集群.
- 酶分析以表征StzE (N-甲基化) 和StzF (氧化).
- 反应产物的分析,包括NO和尿素化合物.
主要成果:
- 链素的N-基组是通过-键形成的l-氨酸产生的.
- StzE将l-氨酸甲基化为Nω-单甲基-l-氨酸.
- StzF是一种新型非血依赖铁的酶,氧化Nω-单甲基-l-氨酸产生NO和尿素化合物.
结论:
- 发现了一种从l-氨酸中产生NO的新酶途径,其中涉及一种独特的酶对 (StzE和StzF).
- 这些发现表明,在体内可能通过生成和随后捕获NO而形成N-酸化合物.
- 这项研究为了解N-nitroso天然产品的生物合成提供了基础.
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